.TH "GCLOUD_BETA_SPANNER_DATABASES_DELETE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud beta spanner databases delete \- delete a Cloud Spanner database



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud beta spanner databases delete\fR (\fIDATABASE\fR\ :\ \fB\-\-instance\fR=\fIINSTANCE\fR) [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fB(BETA)\fR Delete a Cloud Spanner database.

Note: Cloud Spanner might continue to accept requests for a few seconds after
the database has been deleted.



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To delete a Cloud Spanner database, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta spanner databases delete my\-database\-id \e
    \-\-instance=my\-instance\-id
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m

Database resource \- The Cloud Spanner database to delete. The arguments in this
group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some
attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.

To set the \f5project\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5database\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(em" 2m
set the property \f5core/project\fR.
.RE
.sp

This must be specified.


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fIDATABASE\fR

ID of the database or fully qualified identifier for the database.

To set the \f5database\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5database\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp

This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this
group are specified.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-instance\fR=\fIINSTANCE\fR

The Cloud Spanner instance for the database.

To set the \f5instance\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5database\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-instance\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(bu" 2m
set the property \f5spanner/instance\fR.
.RE
.sp


.RE
.RE
.sp

.SH "GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS"

These flags are available to all commands: \-\-access\-token\-file, \-\-account,
\-\-billing\-project, \-\-configuration, \-\-flags\-file, \-\-flatten,
\-\-format, \-\-help, \-\-impersonate\-service\-account, \-\-log\-http,
\-\-project, \-\-quiet, \-\-trace\-token, \-\-user\-output\-enabled,
\-\-verbosity.

Run \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "NOTES"

This command is currently in beta and might change without notice. These
variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud spanner databases delete
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha spanner databases delete
.RE